The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
THE Second Comptroller has decided
that an enlisted soldier discharged before
the expiration of his term, because of dis
ability resulting from sunstroke, is enti-
tied to bounty the same as if the disability
was the result Of a wound.
On the 9th about seventy-five members
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon college
fraternity assembled at Wizards Hotel,
Washington, and entered upon the four
teenth annual convention of the society.
Over thirty colleges sent delegates.
OK the 9TH the Michigan Legislature con
veued with a fun attendance. The Re
publican caucus nominees were elected,
Chas. j. Monroe becoming president pro
tenn Of the Senate and ID. w. Mackey,
Speaker of the House. Contest Of two
seats in theHouse of Representatives were
announced.
THE River and Harbor Appropriation
bin has been completed in committee at
Washington and appropriates 81, 15s, $50.
OK the 9th over six hundred leathermen,
employed in various tanneries in Newark,
n. j., struck i'm obedience to the orders of
the Knights Of Labor The strike is more
for an equalization of wages than for an
advance
AMONG the petitions and memorials pre-
sented to the United States Senate on the
5th were quite number praying for an
appropriation, and in some cases asking
the definite sum of $780, to enable colored
citizens to emigratc to Liberia.
AMONG the petitions presented to Con-
gress ON the 9th were several protesting
against the adoption of the conference re
port on the Interstate Commerce bill
THE Illinois Legislature convened on the
5th, and William +. Calhoun, Republican,
was elected Speaker of the House. Caleb
c. Johnson was the Democratic nominee.
AGENTS of France in Egypt have been
ordered to foster French commerce as
much as possible.
WHEAT of an excellent quality and supa-
rior weight has been exported by Ruse ia
from the Caucasus.
In is stated that Russia is to build ps5re
forts on the Austrian frontier.
A CANADIAN tug has been seized at Cape
Vincent for towing American boats in
American waters.
a BREAKUP of the Canadian Cabinet is
thought probable, owing to the fishery
troubles and the recent elections.
PARNELL proposes to move a vote of cen
sure of the government for its course to-
wards the Clanricarde tenants.
A CONVENTION OF miners and operators
is called to meet at Columbus, o., Febru-
airy s, to settle prices for another year.
THERE is still on deposit in the United
States Treasury to secure circulation of
National banks the sum of S3,99S,451 in
called three percent bonds which have
matured These bonds are held by 1876
banks and all included in calls from the
IS3d, which matured February I, 1856, to
and including the Hath, which matUred
December 1. 1856
THE New York Chamber of Commerce
has declared itself opposed to the long
and-short-haul and pooling provisions Of
the Interstate Commerce bill.
THE papal oonsistory has been post
poned tin the early part of March.
New YORK is threatened with a coal
famine, owing 70 the strike of the New
Jersey coal-hcavers.
1T has been learned at Atlanta, Ga, that
the British Government has refused to
allow the Gate City Guard to enter En-
gland, bearing arms, on their proposed !
tour.
THE fourth annual banquet and celebra- /
tion Of the Eighth of January was held at /
Columbus, o.. on the night of the 9TH, un- /
der the auspices Of the Jackson Club.
CROWDS OF unemployed workmen assem-
bled in front Of the offices of the Local |
Board at London on tho Tth, /
and demanded relief